Looking at the video I’m not seeing the ‘put herself in harms way’ part other than in the ‘you put your face in front of my fist’ sense

She’s likely to sue for excessive force, and she’s likely to win based on everyone who has done so up to now in this context. You might not be able to talk low functioning law enforcement officers out of excessive force (they do not have a duty to protect, nor does hiring optimize for the best), but you can extract from those who employ them, and create a paper trail of the officers in question.

Document, file suit, collect your settlement or judgement, wash, rinse, repeat.

https://policedata.org/

Oh right, peaceful protest for one's right totally deserves to be punished by government authorities with this kind of violence. When did the script flip?

The actual title and article "this is assault".